A Crise toca a todos,Também á Porsche

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Porsche : les discussions de refinancement suivent leurs cours

Porsche a déclaré lundi que les discussions avec les banques et la mise en place d'une nouvelle ligne de crédit de 10 milliards d'euros suivaient leurs cours, soulignant qu'elles devraient aboutir avant l'expiration de la ligne actuelle prévue ce mois-ci.

Le constructeur automobile allemand a également réaffirmé que son bénéfice opérationnel du premier semestre avait chuté mais que son bénéfice imposable avait augmenté grâce à sa participation dans Volkswagen, précisant que les comptes détaillés seraient connus fin mars.
Le 30 janvier, Porsche, propriétaire de 50,8% des droits de vote de Volkswagen, avait dit anticiper un recul de 27,3% des ventes des modèles 911, Boxster, Cayamn et Cayenne.

Reuters

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Porsche first-half revenues fall 12.8 percent
George Frey / Associated Press
FRANKFURT -- German carmaker Porsche Automobil Holding SE said Monday its revenues fell more than 12 percent in the first half, as fewer people bought the company's luxury cars amid the slumping economy.

The Stuttgart-based company said revenues in the August-January period fell 12.8 percent to 3.04 billion euro ($3.8 billion). The company did not report net profit, but said its pretax profit rose during the period, without being more specific. The company's complete earnings report is due at the end of March.

Porsche said it also saw higher costs during the period related to the production of its new sedan, the Grand Turismo Panamera and for the development of the hybrid version of its Cayenne SUV.

Sales in the period dropped 27 percent, to 34,266 cars. The flagship 911 sportscar sold 13,543 units during the period, compared to 16,261 in the year-ago period, while the Boxster sold 3,950 units compared with 9,835.

The Cayenne SUV, meanwhile sold 16,773 units, compared with 20,638 in the year-ago period.

Sales in Germany slipped to 4,152 cars from 5,630 in the same period last year. In North America, Porsche sold 11,998 cars, down from 16,209 a year ago.

Despite the drop, Porsche said it hoped to gain ground in sales during the second half of its fiscal year, with new Boxster and Cayman models that hit the market in February. The company also said it hoped its new Cayenne diesel SUV, to be introduced this week at the Geneva Auto Show, would add to sales.

The company said that while the market remains difficult, it was confident of the future.

"In total, Porsche feels well equipped to withstand the very difficult market conditions," the company said in its statement.

It noted that its stock options trading business, based largely on its majority stake in Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest carmaker, contributed to the company's profits during the period. It provided no details.

Porsche also said it is in the process of negotiating a 10 billion euro line of credit with banks, which it expects to conclude at the end of March.

Shares of Porsche were up 0.3 percent at 32.60 euro in Frankfurt morning trading. Meanwhile shares of VW were down 0.2 percent at 187.43 euro.

[bg2]

o boxster levou uma facada enorme

cumprimentos

[jorge]

...pois é assim nos dias de hoje ...
considerando que uma grande fatia (senão mesmo a maior) de carros novos é comprada com acesso a Leasings, Rentings e afins...com a crise na banca e esta a dificultar/fechar as portas no acesso ao credito é obvio que a vendas disparam no sentido inverso

O grande problema é o chamado "efeito chicote" que estas coisas têm: desde empresas fornecedoras de segunda linha, terceira linha , etc...até consequentemente aos seus trabalhadores e demais potenciais consumidores...enfim, a grande epifania deste efeito cascata é que deixa em aberto se vale a pena injectar milhões nos fabricantes, quando estes estão a produzir para stock e sem capacidade de vender devido a actual "crise de confiança & optimismo " no consumo